Publisher Description

Volume #7 in the popular high-seas nautical adventure series. Kydd is master of his own brig-sloop Teazer and must race against the clock to make her battle-ready to defend Malta against Barbary pirates and the French. But when peace is declared, the young captain finds himself ashore. To make ends meet, he agrees to transport convicts to Australia, where he will have to face his deepest fears and prove himself against all odds.

Author Biography

At the age of fourteen, Julian Stockwin went to TS Indefatigable, a tough sea-training school. He joined the British Royal Navy at fifteen before transferring to the Royal Australian Navy, where he served for eight years in the Far East, the Antarctic, and the South Seas. Retired as a lieutenant commander, he lives in Devon, England, with his wife and literary partner, Kathy.

Review

Stockwin excels at showing readers the isolation and loneliness of command, as well as the profound responsibility that rests on Commander Kydd's shoulders. . . . Command, the seventh offering in the Kydd Sea Adventures, provides a startling contrast between life in the Royal Navy and merchant marine, as well as providing glimpses of what awaits those who find themselves forging new lives in Australia.

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"Stockwin's richly detailed . . . portrait of life on ship and shore in Britain's oceanic empire is engrossing. He writes evocatively of shipboard routine, the panic and confusion of combat, and the terrifying approach of a storm at sea, and he knows how to stage enthralling action scenes." -- Publisher's Weekly

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